hidden winch 77 bronco

Rocky1977Bronco · Oct 26, 2008

Almost finished with my winch, just wanted to send a few pics. out and see if anyone has done this in their EB.

br0nc0xrapt0r · Oct 26, 2008

looks great you should top it off by putting the plate over it to hide it more.

72Quarterhorse · Oct 26, 2008

Wow you are wasting no time on doing your bronco up grads. Looking good. I got the old school sidewinder winch.

fordguy · Oct 26, 2008

that is a cool mod

green77bronco · Oct 26, 2008

Nice bumper, thats a good mod very clean. Looks like it could of came from the factory like that.

bronco loco · Oct 26, 2008

Looks good!!!!

Fathom · Oct 26, 2008

Who's winch?
Does it have a remote?

Very nice and clean....Great Job

toogrady · Oct 26, 2008

Looking good Rocky!

sprdv1 · Oct 26, 2008

Haven't seen it a WHOLE lot... Looks good...

72Quarterhorse · Oct 26, 2008

Rocky with the bumper on do you have enough room to reach the neutral lever or are you going to modify the lever?

Rocky1977Bronco · Oct 26, 2008

72Quarterhorse said:
Rocky with the bumper on do you have enough room to reach the neutral lever or are you going to modify the lever?

Its a Warn 8000. Control panel is under hood. Had to shorten the neutral lever for the install. Right now cant get to it. Am going to put a body lift so I can get to the lever. Been looking for a reason for another couple inches of lift anyway. Has remote, is in cab right now.

22213evl · Oct 26, 2008

That I like!! cool mod, looks great!

DirtDonk · Oct 26, 2008

Nice job. I did the same thing using a mount welded to the crossmember instead of a plate, or tray, mounted to the frame rails like you did.
I like your "tray" type mount better. More protection for the winch I'd think.
I haven't mounted the fairlead to the bumper yet, but am going to recess it into the front of my Hanson and use the winch platform for lights.

Paul

grant_71 · Oct 27, 2008

Looks good (or doesn't!)

Bronk · Oct 27, 2008

WoW that is super clean.... I like it

Baja71 · Oct 27, 2008

The only thing that would have made that better would have been a plastic hawse fairlead and a rope 'cable' which would have been even more stealthy. I wouldn't have liked it half as much with any other bumper but the stock one. Nice job!

Rocky1977Bronco · Oct 29, 2008

Got it finished, and it works great. Modified the neutral lever where I just drop a tee handle with a socket welded to it between the grill and the radiator to turn it.

Baja71 · Oct 29, 2008

Now just run a remote cable thru the firewall and you're set.

bronko69er · Oct 29, 2008

Looks good. You might need to re-spool your cable in reverse so it comes out on top of the drum (better alignment with the rollers). I put mine in a similar place (but not behind a stock bumper) and thats what I did.
From the looks of your pics the alignment would be just right.

mustangtoby · Oct 29, 2008

I really like it! My only problem is I want more protection than the stock bumper, so I am gonna build my own. I do like hiding it in there, not to mention it makes it harder for somone to swipe.

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